Chester Gillan | |
Birth Date: | 25 September 1943 |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for Parkdale-Belvedere |
Term Start: | 18 November 1996 |
Term End: | 28 May 2007 |
Predecessor: | Riding Established |
Successor: | Robert Mitchell |
Party: | Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island |
Occupation: | Public school teacher (retired); Minister of the Crown (retired); Real Estate Agent |
Chester Gillan (born 25 September 1943)[1] is a former Canadian educator and politician from Prince Edward Island.
Born in Charlottetown and educated at Saint Dunstan's University and the University of New Brunswick, Gillan was a high school teacher before entering politics, being elected from 1996 to 2007 as a candidate for the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party in the electoral district of Parkdale-Belvedere (now Charlottetown-Sherwood) in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island.
He served as the Minister of Health in the cabinet of then-Premier Pat Binns.[1]